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“Every year, when I was a kid, my Dad put on a play for my birthday. He did it to help me cope with my annual heart check-up, and also the fear and uncertainty that I felt pretty much every day. He called them the Days of Wonder, because he said wonder beat everything.” The…Read the full article…

A Boy Made Of Blocks is a rare gem of a book; a tale that’s heartbreaking and heartwarming in equal measure. The story of a father’s struggle to come to terms with his son’s autism, told against a setting of the meteorically successful video game Minecraft, has well and truly struck a chord with readers…Read the full article…

Networking. It’s a necessity in today’s world; a skill that even the meekest of souls must master in order to thrive and survive within highly-competitive corporate environments. But winning over the attention, hearts and minds of complete strangers is hard work. It doesn’t come easy to many of us. Last week I had the opportunity…Read the full article…

I had a sneaky suspicion, before even turning the first page of Keith Stuart’s debut novel, that I would really enjoy it. Having been marketed as “the most uplifting novel of the year” and received a glowing endorsement from Graeme Simsion, writer of The Rosie Project - one of my favourite reads in recent years - I was…Read the full article…

There’s still some good news out there. You just have to hunt for it. Here are four heart-warming news stories from this month. 1. An egg-xellent campaign for young hen keeper The family of a six-year-old girl who fell fowl to a series of ‘smash and grab’ raids on her egg stand have been overwhelmed…Read the full article…

January sure is a tough month to bear. The blisteringly cold, seemingly never-ending winter weather. The stream of post-Christmas credit card bills coming through the door. And yes, this year we even have President Trump’s inauguration to contend with. In the midst of winter it can be hard to remain positive, and a quick glance…Read the full article…

If anyone should have an axe to grind with the new Ghostbusters reboot, it’s me. I have lived and breathed Ghostbusters for pretty much my entire life. Watching both original movies hundreds of times, consuming more comic books and episodes of The Real Ghostbusters than I care to count, and continuing to cherish my worryingly extensive collection of action figures inspired by the franchise…Read the full article…

Lord Ashcroft’s explosive accusations about British Prime Minister David Cameron really are the stuff that tabloid dreams are made of. The claims do not need to be repeated here and now: quite frankly, you’d have to be living under a sizeable rock to not have heard about what the Conservative Party leader is alleged to…Read the full article…